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How to Say ‘Meet at the café by the school gate?’ in Simplified Chinese

在学校门口的咖啡馆见？

zài xué xiào mén kǒu de kā fēi guǎn jiàn

[zài shw-air shi-ow mun ko duh kāfēiguǎn jiàn]

💬 Usage Tip: The place goes after 在 and before the verb 见. The description comes before 的 and the thing described comes after it, so it reads as "school-gate's café".

Phrase Breakdown

在学校门口的

zài xué xiào mén kǒu de

at the school entrance's

在 (zài) means "at". 门口 (ménkǒu) means "entrance". 的 (de) links this description to the noun that follows.

Example

学校门口的商店很大。

The shop at the school entrance is big.

Words in this phrase

在

zài

[zài]

Indicating location or time.

Example

我在学校学习。

I study at school.

学校

xué xiào

[shw-air shi-ow]

school

An institution for educating children or adults.

Example

新学校设施齐全。

The new school is well-equipped.

门口

mén kǒu

[mun ko]

entrance; doorway

The place right in front of the restaurant or building entrance.

Example

门口有停车位。您可以直接开过来。

There are parking spaces at the entrance. You can drive straight over.

的

[duh]

's; possessive particle

Links a person or thing to what belongs to them, like your in English.

Example

你的笑容很有感染力。

Your smile is very infectious.

咖啡馆见？

kā fēi guǎn jiàn

meet at the café?

咖啡馆 (kāfēiguǎn) means café. A place followed by 见 (jiàn) means "see you at..." or "meet at...".

Example

我们在咖啡馆见吧。

Let's meet at the café.

Words in this phrase

咖啡馆

kā fēi guǎn

[kāfēiguǎn]

café; coffee shop

A place that serves coffee.

Example

这个咖啡馆很安静。

This café is very quiet.

见

jiàn

[jiàn]

see; meet

To come into contact or to have a meeting with someone.

Example

我们九点见。

We'll see each other at nine.

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